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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1962
Page
11
An aviation mishap blamed on a miscalculation near New York City's airspace caused a crash of a United jet and a Trans World Airlines prop plane. The accident killed six people on the ground and injured many aboard the jets, with investigators recovering flight data recorders as officials seek to determine the exact cause.
Six more impoverished Southern Negroes, including a 17 months old child, arrived in Hyannis on Monday under reverse freedom tides. They join others sent by Southern segregationists with one way bus tickets to Hyannis.
A Civil Aeronautics Board report ties a TWA jet collision near Idlewild and La Guardia to a shortened route over Preston New Jersey caused by a routing change. It notes one of United’s HF receivers failed and no advisory of navigation issues was given. The crew misread clearance timing and distance, worsened by a faulty instrument display.
Charleston Coast Guard reservists took part in Operation Ready near Louisville, Kentucky, including Fireman Bill A. Lane and Cargoman Ken Lorant and Seaman R L Sevilla. Army Pvt. Shirley R. Burford completed a marine engineer operation course at Ft. Eustis, Virginia, after basic at Ft. Gordon and graduation from Sissonville High School.
In Windsor Castle, Lord Wakehurst, governor of Northern Ireland, accepted the jeweled insignia of the Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter. The ceremony unfolded in the throne room as part of the ancient chivalric rites. Thailand plans upland wheat trials in three provinces to aid farmer incomes in a rice region.
In Turin Italy five infants born with missing forearms and seal-like stumps between April 7 and May 16 spark concern. Doctors debate whether talidomide exposure caused the deformities while some authorities deny a link and note vitamin B deficiency reports.
In Foreign Affairs Kissinger proposes a European atomic force not under U.S. control as a complement to NATO. He insists aid to France and Britain would not serve U.S. France-America interests and stresses preventing the development from benefiting either side.
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